Archives for June, 2014

Was There Social Marketing in Victorian England?
Business and Management INK
June 12, 2014

Was There Social Marketing in Victorian England?

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David Goldblatt on the Sociology of Football
Social Science Bites
June 12, 2014

David Goldblatt on the Sociology of Football

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Do You Use the British Library’s Social Welfare Portal?
News
June 11, 2014

Do You Use the British Library’s Social Welfare Portal?

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Interview with Ray Aldag and Belle Rose Ragins
Business and Management INK
June 11, 2014

Interview with Ray Aldag and Belle Rose Ragins

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Piketty’s Real Legacy May Be His Deep Data

Piketty’s Real Legacy May Be His Deep Data

While Tomas Piketty’s focus on inequality is seen as finally getting the discussion of inequality on the front pages, it may be his his data collection that really cements his reputation.

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Listen to Joseph Stiglitz’s Moynihan Lecture

Listen to Joseph Stiglitz’s Moynihan Lecture

“America has achieved the distinction of being the country with the highest level of income inequality among the advanced countries,” prefaced economist […]

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Does Mental Ability Affect Question Interpretation on Personality Tests?

Does Mental Ability Affect Question Interpretation on Personality Tests?

[We’re pleased to welcome Amy DuVernet who was the corresponding author on the article “General Mental Ability as a Source of Differential […]

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The Impact of Social Sciences Project by the Numbers

The Impact of Social Sciences Project by the Numbers

The Impact of Social Sciences blog emerged from a three-year research project devoted to a qualitative and quantitative understanding of the complexity of academic impact. To not let any impact-relevant knowledge dissolve away, Jane Tinkler takes a look back at the outputs, outcomes and connections made throughout the research process.

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Hoopla Aside, Turing’s Test Remains Unbeaten

Hoopla Aside, Turing’s Test Remains Unbeaten

The latest attempt to show a machine can pass itself off as human relied a little too heavily on letter of Turing’s test and not its spirit.

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Who is Hurt By Corruption in the United States?

Who is Hurt By Corruption in the United States?

This article first appeared on SAGE’s Management Ink blog and is reposted with permission. *** What is the economic impact of corruption? […]

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Who is Hurt By Corruption in the United States?

Who is Hurt By Corruption in the United States?

What is the economic impact of corruption? And who is hurt most by these misguided acts? Author Adriana S. Cordis discusses this […]

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Social and Natural Science: Has the Square Been Circled?

Social and Natural Science: Has the Square Been Circled?

A natural scientist reflects on a conference that focused on bringing natural and social scientists into a a shared, and continuing, conversation.

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